This study presents a comprehensive account of British nurse Kate Marsden's 1891-1892 expedition to visit people affected by leprosy in Siberia, as well as the consequences that followed her journey. In search of a plant believed to cure leprosy, Marsden traveled a long route from Moscow to Vilyuisk. Despite the courage and endurance demonstrated in her travels, Marsden's reputation in her homeland, Great Britain, became highly controversial. The purpose of this research is to reconstruct the fuller story of Marsden's experiences by drawing on a range of historical sources, including British accounts and oral testimonies from Vilyui Sakha elders. A critical discourse analysis reveals that the oral histories of the Vilyui Sakha challenge the dominant narrative.
This photo essay, based on archival images from the National Archive of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (NARS), documents the practices and ideology of Soviet fur farming. Focusing on the Pokrovskaia fur farm, one of the largest in Yakutia during the Soviet period, it traces the industrial logics behind the management of animal life and labor, particularly in the breeding and selection of silver foxes.
This article examines some cultural codes in the epic tradition of the Evens and Sakha based on the Even epic nimkan "Emcheni" [eMzI3HH] and the Sakha heroic epic olonkho "Djuluruyar Nyurgun Bootur" (Nurgun Botur the Swift) by Platon Alekseevich Oyunskii. The zoomorphic-in particular, ornithomorphic-cultural code inherent in the Even epic nimkan and the Sakha heroic epic olonkho are revealed. In the course of the study, some concepts en coded in the images of animals were identified; mythological paral lels inherent in these cultural traditions were established, and differ ences in ornithomorphic codes were determined. It was established that epic symbolism in the mythology of the Evens and Sakha is associated with relics of magic and developed shamanic ideas, with various rituals and cult beliefs.
Abstract This study presents a comprehensive account of British nurse Kate Marsden's 1891–1892 expedition to visit people affected by leprosy in Siberia, as well as the consequences that followed her journey. In search of a plant believed to cure leprosy, Marsden traveled a long route from Moscow to Vilyuisk. Despite the courage and endurance demonstrated in her travels, Marsden's reputation in her homeland, Great Britain, became highly controversial. The purpose of this research is to reconstruct the fuller story of Marsden's experiences by drawing on a range of historical sources, including British accounts and oral testimonies from Vilyui Sakha elders. A critical discourse analysis reveals that the oral histories of the Vilyui Sakha challenge the dominant narrative.
